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     Name
          multiscreen - Multiple screens (device files)

     Syntax
          alt-Fn
          alt-ctrl-Fn
          alt-shift-Fn

     Description
          With the multiscreen feature, a user can access up to ten
          different ``screens,'' each corresponding to a separate
          device file.  Each screen can be viewed one at a time
          through the primary monitor video display.

          The number of screens on a system depends upon the amount of
          memory in the computer. The system displays the number of
          enabled screens during the boot process.

     Access
          To see the next consecutive screen, enter:

               Ctrl-PrtSc

          To move to any screen from any other screen, enter:

               alt-Fn or alt-ctrl-Fn or alt-shift-Fn

          where n is the number of one of the ``F'' function keys on
          the primary monitor keyboard.  For example:

               alt-F2

          selects tty02, and all output in that device's screen buffer
          is displayed on the monitor screen.

     Files
          /dev/tty[01-10]          multiscreen devices
                         (number available depends on system
                         memory)

     See Also
          keyboard(HW), screen(HW), serial(HW), stty(C)

     Notes
          Any system error messages are normally output on the console
          device file (/dev/console).  When an error message is
          output, the video display reverts to the console device
          file, and the message is displayed on the screen.  The
          console device is the only teletype device open during the
          system boot sequence and when in single user, or system
          maintenance mode.




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          Limitations to the number of multiscreens available on a
          system does not affect the number of serial lines or devices
          available. See serial(M) for information on available serial
          devices.

          Note that the keystrokes given here are the default for ,
          but your keyboard may be different.  If so, see keyboard(M)
          for the appropriate substitutes.  Also, any key can be
          programmed to generate the screen switching sequences by
          using the mapkey utility.













































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